I got the belt and no problems here. We used the belt one time on my almost 6 year old daughter for being soooo defiant one day several months ago. Afterwards we felt so bad that we never did it again, it really bruised her behind. But we still do spank and use a silicone spatula for the times she really acts up. The bible does say this is the best way to discipline a child and I agree....having been thru it myself, i deserved every whippin I got I am glad my parents were strict with me because I think I turned into a good person

Why would someone listen to advice on child rearing from some anonymous bronze age Arab goat-herder from 40 centuries ago? Are TravisandJill going to sell her to the highest bidder?

"And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant [i.e., sex slave, as the rest of the passage makes clear], she shall not go out as the menservants do. If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. If he take him another [wife]; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money." Ex. 21:7-11

While I agree there are times and places for proper spankings (proper being my definition, open handed, on the buttocks, one smack for every offense, not with a fucking -belt- you moron), being and I quote 'soooo defiant' doesn't sound like it remotely comes close. And what the hell... kitchen implements now? If an open-handed palm can't discipline (not BEAT, discipline, and not with a belt either you religious bastard), then find a method that doesn't require touch at all.

Also, "I think I turned into a good person" and "We used the belt one time on my almost 6 year old daughter" cancel each other out, buddy. Kids are -supposed- to act out when they're that young, it's called CHILDHOOD!

Obviously I've got issues cause I read the entire thread. These people are all nuts. They start out ridiculing a study and end up trying to outdo each other as to who got the worst "whippins" as a child. I mean really! One guy even bragged his mother threw a booster seat at him when she couldn't reach him. Where the hell are my Tums and Excedrin????

When you're old and sick, and she hasn't returned your calls or come to visit for 30 years, make sure you remember exactly how you treated her, and why she doesn't want anything to do with you. Remember when your grandchildren don't even know that you exist.

"We used the belt one time on my almost 6 year old daughter for being soooo defiant one day several months ago." How exactly is an almost-6-year-old defiant? Heaven forbid she should ever act like someone who is not yet 6. Then again, you're setting the stage for a boatload of defiance later on.